Values are means ± s.e.m. at 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 min after the onset of fetal intravenous treatment with NPY (17 µg kg−1bolus + 0.85µg kg−1 min−1 infusion). Significant differences are: *P < 0.05, differences by post-hoc analysis indicating a significant main effect of time (one-way repeated measures ANOVA plus Student-Newman-Keuls test).